Key Days
Political writers seem to have (like me) taken a little mini-vacation this holiday weekend; the amount of Washington news in the papers yesterday and today seemed rather sparse (with the exception of this rather odd story in today's NYT on the Bush-McCain relationship). So I thought I would pass along one of the more interesting "Week in Review" pieces from yesterday: Adam Goodheart's "10 Days That Changed History". While I would have picked ten different days, these also make for interesting reading.
- Also, if you haven't gotten the chance to go over to Unity08 and sign their Declaration of Independence, don't forget to do so (if you're so inclined). They're more than halfway to their goal of 10,000 signatures, so keep them coming!
posted by JBD @ 7:09 AM
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Interesting article on the "10 days that changed history". I was particularly interested in the ways that history might have been different if the Feb. 15, 1933 assassination attempt on FDR had suceeded. This was in fact the very premise of science fiction writer Philip K. Dick's book "The Man in the High Castle", his famous alternate history sci fi novel that postulated a Garner presidency would have been disatrous for the country and the world in terms of our losing WW II.
While I always liked old cactus Jack and his plain spoken ways there is little doubt that he would not have been nearly as successful a president as FDR. Of course, I realize that even saying such makes me a definite RINO to some, especially those who aren't FDR fans.
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